Children in Need: 40 Fabulous Years (BBC1, 8pm)
ON Friday, November 13, Children In Need will hit our screens for the 40th time. To celebrate this special anniversary, Ade Adepitan presents a funny and poignant tour across four decades of the charity. From newscasters channelling their inner Beyonce to the less familiar but equally eye-popping “stripping-for-money” routines, the charity night has never been short of invention. Of course, at the heart of it all were two key elements: the late Terry Wogan, and the children he, and so many others, laid down their egos to help.
On Board Britain’s Nuclear Submarine: Trident (C5, 9pm)
FOR the first time, TV cameras are granted access to one of the UK’s nuclear missile submarines. HMS Vengeance is the youngest of the four Vanguard-class submarines that carry Britain’s Trident ballistic missile nuclear deterrent. It is home to a crew of 160 men who spend months at sea working in complete secrecy. No area is off limits to presenter Rob Bell, who lives on board for five days and nights. He delves deep into this clandestine world of national security and terrifying weapons, and finds out more about the unopened “last instructions” (letters of last resort) of the Prime Minister.
Harlots (BBC2, 9pm)
WILL North’s boxing match is the talk of Soho, and Lady Isabella has agreed to host the event at her home. But with Lydia (and her new friend Catherine) out of Bedlam and bearing a grudge, Margaret back from America with a new husband and an improved financial position, and the Pincher brothers determined to seal a lucrative real-estate deal, there’s a lot of tension in the air. During the evening, a horrifying semi-accident leaves one of the girls fighting for her life.
The Noughties: 2002 (BBC2, 10pm)
ANGELA Scanlon invites singer Kimberley Walsh and comedian Dane Baptiste to join her on a nostalgic trip back in time to 2002. The trio dissect the year’s biggest music and film hits, as well as recalling Michael Jackson dangling his baby out of a hotel window, Spooks becoming the TV’s most shocking new show, and Justin Timberlake making some questionable fashion choices.
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